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Fans slam location chosen for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2024: 'This must be a joke'


Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, fans shared their opinions on the 'bizarre' location chosen for the festival.

Aled Haydn Jones, Head of Radio 1, added: 'Radio 1's Big Weekend always kicks off the UK festival season in style and I'm so excited that this year, it will be a three-day, four-stage, live music spectacular for our listeners to enjoy. 'We have some incredibly exciting ideas in the pipeline as well as some of the biggest artists to announce in the coming months, I can't wait to celebrate in Luton.' On Saturday, The 1975 and The Jonas Brothers headlined, with appearances from ArrDee, Jess Glynne, Joel Corry, Mimi Webb and Tom Grennan.

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